gnarus

gnarus

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡnaː.rus/, [ˈŋnaː.rʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɲa.rus/, [ˈɲaː.rus]

Adjective

gnārus (feminine gnāra, neuter gnārum); first/second declension

1. Having knowledge of a thing; acquainted with a thing.
2. Skillful, practiced.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gnārus	gnāra	gnārum		gnārī	gnārae	gnāra
Genitive	gnārī	gnārae	gnārī		gnārōrum	gnārārum	gnārōrum
Dative	gnārō	gnārae	gnārō		gnārīs	gnārīs	gnārīs
Accusative	gnārum	gnāram	gnārum		gnārōs	gnārās	gnāra
Ablative	gnārō	gnārā	gnārō		gnārīs	gnārīs	gnārīs
Vocative	gnāre	gnāra	gnārum		gnārī	gnārae	gnāra

Synonyms

• (skillful, practiced): callidus, perītus

Antonyms

• (acquainted with a thing): ignārus
• (practiced): ignārus

Derived terms

• gnāritās
• ignārus

Related terms

• narrō
• nōscō

References

• gnarus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gnarus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gnarus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette